aws-ami-builder

Build Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Packer using the amazon-ebs builder. Use when creating custom AMIs for EC2 instances.

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npx tessl i github:hashicorp/agent-skills --skill aws-ami-builder

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Evaluation results

100%

10%

Custom AMI for a Web Application Deployment Pipeline

Ubuntu AMI template authoring

Criteria

Without context

With context

amazon-ebs source type

100%

Correct plugin source

100%

Plugin version constraint

100%

Instance type t3.micro

100%

Timestamp local with regex_replace

100%

AMI name includes timestamp

100%

Ubuntu 22.04 AMI filter name

100%

Canonical owner ID

100%

SSH username ubuntu

100%

EBS and HVM filter

100%

Tags with Name and BuildDate

100%

Without context: $0.3451 · 1m 22s · 19 turns · 20 in / 4,968 out tokens

With context: $0.4491 · 1m 12s · 24 turns · 3,687 in / 3,912 out tokens

100%

30%

Global SaaS Platform: AMI Distribution Across AWS Regions

Multi-region AMI distribution

Criteria

Without context

With context

amazon-ebs source type

100%

Plugin version ~> 1.3

100%

ami_regions field used

100%

Default region us-west-2

100%

Timestamp local with regex_replace

100%

AMI name includes timestamp

50%

100%

Instance type t3.micro

100%

packer build -var syntax

100%

packer init documented

100%

AMI tags with BuildDate

100%

Without context: $0.3072 · 1m 13s · 20 turns · 20 in / 4,412 out tokens

With context: $0.3707 · 1m 8s · 22 turns · 271 in / 3,944 out tokens

100%

15%

Data Processing Worker AMI on Amazon Linux

Amazon Linux 2023 AMI with volume sizing

Criteria

Without context

With context

amazon-ebs source type

100%

Plugin version ~> 1.3

100%

AL2023 AMI filter name

100%

Amazon owner ID

100%

launch_block_device_mappings volume_size

100%

Instance type t3.micro

100%

Timestamp in AMI name

100%

EBS and HVM filter

100%

SSH port 22 documented

100%

Tags with Name and BuildDate

100%

Without context: $0.2789 · 1m 24s · 18 turns · 18 in / 4,100 out tokens

With context: $0.3246 · 1m 13s · 20 turns · 19 in / 4,231 out tokens

Evaluated: about 19 hours ago
Agent: Claude Code

Table of Contents

Custom AMI for a Web Application Deployment Pipeline Global SaaS Platform: AMI Distribution Across AWS Regions Data Processing Worker AMI on Amazon Linux

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